Blake's Slain Wife's Children Sue

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April 30, 2002

LOS ANGELES -- The four children of actor Robert Blake's slain wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Monday against the actor and his bodyguard, who face criminal charges in her death. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, filed by the administrator for Bakley's estate, seeks unspecified damages and asserts that the children -- including 22-month-old Rose Lenore Sophia Blake, the girl fathered by Blake -- are her only known heirs. The others are Jeri Lee Lewis -- the 7-year-old daughter who Bakley, 44, once claimed was the daughter of rock 'n' roll wild man Jerry Lee Lewis -- and her two adult children from a previous marriage, Glenn Paul Gawron and Holly Lee Gawron.